July 31: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on in the clubs tonight (Tuesday, July 31): Matt and Zach, from the Accomplices, have an acoustic date in the courtyard of Foxy Loxy Café. Eric Britt’s at Jazz’d Tapas Bar, Southern League plays Lulu’s, and Taco Abajo’s got Mountain Man.
A record for Tybee’s turtles
Unless they’re ill and purposely strand on a beach somewhere, the great cetaceans – whales, dolphins and their air-breathing ilk – never have much of a reason to haul themselves ashore. As a matter of fact, none of the behemoths of the deep oceans are ever seen on land whilst in perfect health. Sea turtles…
July 29: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, July 29): Five hours of mixed-genre spinning as local DJs take over Muse Arts Warehouse for Vinyl Appreciation Night. It starts at 5 p.m. The Eric Culberson Band tears it up with a 4:00 gig at Flying Fish, Liquid Ginger’s at Wild Wing after the sun goes down.
July 28: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, July 28): Metal/punk pioneers Corrosion of Conformity share the Jinx bill with Prong and Monstro tonight. The classic film version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s screens at 8 p.m. at the Trustees Theater. Legally Blonde – The Musical continues at the Savannah Summer Theatre Institute. And the Daymoths, plus Habitat…
July 27: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, July 27): Midnight brings us the 2011 British bloodbath Kill List, presented by the Psychotronic Film Society at Muse Arts Warehouse. The clubs they are a-jammin’, too: Turtlefolk’s at Live Wire, Mortal Coil and Sinister Moustache play the Wormhole, the Train Wrecks rock the Warehouse, and the Augusta band…
July 26: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, July 26): Whaleboat’s at Taco Abajo tonight. One of Savannah’s best new bands is joined by Head and the Lovely Locks. Continental (with former Dropkick Murphy Rick Barton) plays the Jinx. The Suex Effect has a date at Molly McGuire’s, the Blitz Police are at the Wormhole, and Live…
‘Moonrise Kingdom’: Anderson’s best yet
MOONRISE KINGDOM ***1/2 Equal measures sweet and bittersweet, Moonrise Kingdom is nothing less than Wes Anderson’s best film to date. Them’s fighting words, for sure – proponents of Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox are already rushing the stage – but whereas the idiosyncratic writer-director’s previous six features were easy to like but…
July 25: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, July 25): The Psychotronic Film Society salutes the late Ernest Borgnine with an 8 p.m. screening of the actor’s 1989 cheese-fest Laser Mission, at the Sentient Bean. The global water crisis is examined in the documentary film Last Call at the Oasis, onscreen at 7:30 p.m. at the Carmike…
The Suex Effect
THE SUEX EFFECT At 8 p.m. Thursday, July 26 Molly Maguire’s, 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd. First of all, it’s not pronounced SOO-EX; that’s urban slang for a particular sexual act, which we’re not going to go into detail about here. The band name sounds like this: The SWAY Effect. That’s a precise and punctual description…
‘Hava Nagila’ under the gold dome?
When I heard Mayor Edna Jackson had gone to Israel, I was a little puzzled. What does the mayor of Savannah have to do in the Jewish Holy Land? I wondered, probably because my own 20 year–old, rather unholy memories of Israel mostly involve a lot of Maccabee beer and cute IDF soldiers with beards.…
Improving the Chatham transportation network
Ask Jane or Johnny Bikerider in Savannah what route is most needed to make a better place to bicycle, and they — like most of their bike–riding buddies — will say a safe connection from Savannah to Tybee. Easy for them to say, but there are serious gaps to fill to make self propelled travel…
Heart of the Irish
While some say the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the center of the local Irish Catholic community, you could make the case that the real center lies a couple of blocks northwest. Specifically, at the corner of Bull Street and Liberty in the parcel that contains the Knights of Columbus, the St. Patrick’s…
Taking a Polk at history
I’m learning, perhaps a bit late in life, that if you don’t toot your own horn no one else is gonna do it for you. So here goes. It’s not very often that us print journalists get to revel in glitz, but every now and then we get lucky. This weekend for the first —…
Smokin’ spoken word
“No telling me that words don’t have power/ ‘Cause when it comes down to the eleventh hour, all you have is your word.” – Joann “Paradigm” Roberts It’s been a year since Spitfire Poetry rose from the ashes. After the passing of founder and beloved community icon Clinton D. Powell, there was question on whether…
The proto-punk
In the United States, the punk “movement” began in the urban areas in the mid 1960s. Rock ‘n’ roll was growing, not necessarily up but in all sorts of lateral directions. Ferocious, loud and snotty, punk came out of the cities, crafted by kids who were fed up with wearing matching stage uniforms and playing…
Corrosion Never Sleeps
North Carolina’s Corrosion of Conformity became an exalted member of the world’s metal hierarchy by doing exactly that: Conforming to absolutely nothing expected of them. Formed in 1982, COC was one of the first bands to puree pummeling metal with the speed and energy of punk. Which, combined with excrutiatingly solid musicianship, good songs and…
Mark your calendar: Ponderosa
Freshly signed to prestigious New West Records, the Atlanta-based rock ‘n’ roll band Ponderosa will play Telfair Square Sept. 1 as part of the annual Midnight Garden Run. The Savannah Stopover is producing the concert. On first listen, Ponderosa sounds like Band of Horses playing with My Morning Jacket. More later, including ticket information. Cancellation…
July 24: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, July 24): There’s an all-new issue of Connect Savannah, available online beginning at noon. And the Sentient Bean’s the place for Tongue: Open Mouth and Music, starting at 8 p.m. Ricardo & Sasha make music at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar.
